Preadolescent Internet usage is prevalent today. This thesis examined how Canadian
preadolescents use the Internet, what they do when they are on the Internet, and why
preadolescents are fascinated with the Internet. ...

Youth-Adult Partnerships (Y-APs) have been found to foster youth engagement and positive youth development. However, existing research tends to confound the
characteristics of Y-APs with their general outcomes and the ...

Fluid inteliigence has been defined as an innate ability to reason which is measured
commonly by the Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM). Individual differences in fluid
intelligence are currently explained by the Cascade ...

Evidence exists for subtypes of bullying, but there is a lack of studies simultaneously investigating the factors that influence each subtype. The purpose of my thesis was to investigate how individual and environmental ...

The relevance of attentional measures to cognitive and social adaptive behaviour
was examined in an adolescent sample. Unlike previous research, the influence of both
inhibitory and facilitory aspects of attention were ...

The purpose of the present study was first to determine what influences international
students' perceptions of prejudice, and secondly to examine how perceptions of
prejudice would affect international students' group ...

For years institutionalization has been the primary method of service delivery for
persons with developmental disabilities (DD). However, in Ontario the last institution
was closed on March 31, 2009 with former residents ...

Shy children are at risk for later maladjustment due to ineffective coping with
social conflicts through reliance on avoidance, rather than approach-focused, coping. The
purpose of the present study was to explore ...

It is well documented that the majority of Tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed in
Canada are related to foreign-bom persons from TB high-burden countries. The Canadian
seasonal agricultural workers program (SAWP) operating ...

Lemna minor is a small aquatic polyploid angiosperm
which reproduces apomictically and has a worldwide distribution.
This study was vmdertaken to characterize the
extent and nature of phenotypic variability.
The ...

The puqjose of this study was to examine the manner in which an inviting
approach to a preoperative teaching and learning educational experience influenced the
perception and subsequent recovery of clients who were ...

This research was directed mainly towards the investigation
of the reactions of allylic amineimides. The work can be divided into
two main sections.
Section 1 of the thesis deals mainly with thermolysis studies
of ...

SrMg^Rui-iOa thin films were made by using pulsed laser deposition on
SrTiOa (100) substrates in either O2 or Ar atmosphere. The thin films
were characterized by x-ray diffraction, energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis,
dc ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived preparedness of college
students for the transition from college to full-time employment. The study was
concerned with the interest and rationale behind developing ...

This qualitative study explores practicing teachers' experiences of teaching in
classrooms of diversity, that is, classrooms where students represent a variety of
differences including race, culture, ethnicity, and class. ...

A special meeting of several Founders Committee members took place at Arthur A. Schmon's House in Niagara on the Lake immediately after the announcement in September of 1963 that Dr. James Alexander Gibson would be the ...

A special meeting of several Founders Committee members took place at Arthur A. Schmon's House in Niagara on the Lake immediately after the announcement in September of 1963 that Dr. James Alexander Gibson would be the ...

A special meeting of several Founders Committee members took place at Arthur A. Schmon's House in Niagara on the Lake immediately after the announcement in September of 1963 that Dr. James Alexander Gibson would be the ...